Manchester Victorian Photograhers

[Weeford HoldcroftS]

I have quite a few family Victorian Photos taken in Manchester. Can any one tell me the dates these photographers used these addresses, or any details on these photogrape rs. i have tried searching on the internet but cannot find much information on Manchester Victorian Photographers.

John  Eastham
 22 St Ann's Square, Manchester

John  Ingham
Winton House, Sale Manchester

C Duval
77 Oldham St Manchester
243 Cheetham Hill Road Manchester
158 Chapel Street Salford Manchester

T R Birks
105 Market Street Manchester
12 Lower Moseley Street Manchester

G C Melville
105 Market Melville Manchester
4 Cleveland Buildings Manchester

Bannister & Co
31 Piccadilly Manchester

H Wardle
Cross Street Sale

J Twynham
Upper Jackson Street Hulme, Manchester
33 Chapmen Street, Hulme Manchester


R Banks
Opal House, 32 Mytton Street, near Moss Side Manchester

J Twynham
Upper Jackson Street, Hulme Manchester

Ariel Dixon
77 Oldham Street, Manchester

Flanagan
135 Stretford Road, Hulme, Manchester

J H Barlow
46 Lower Moseley Street, Manchester

[hanes teulu]

http://www.historicaldirectories.org/hd/findbykeyword.asp

Try searching above link - "Historical Directories"

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John  Eastham
22 St Ann's Square, Manchester

Here's some information about John Eastham :

http://www.photolondon.org.uk/pages/details.asp?pid=2412

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[Barbara.H]

And here's some about Charles Duval, or Du Val

http://charlesduval.org/Charles_Du_Val

  Barbara

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J Twynham
Upper Jackson Street, Hulme Manchester

J. Twynham, Upper Jackson St, Hulme, Manchester (1877-1897)

Joseph was here in 1891 :

1891 census :
RG12/3192, Folio 97, Page 5

Lancashire, Hulme
53, Upper Jackson St

Joseph Twynham, h, mar, 56, Photographer, b. Scotland
Janet, wife, 56, b. Scotland
Janet E, dau, unm, 19, b. Manchester

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Joseph Twynham was living in Hulme in 1871 :

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VBJW-NMC

By 1901 he'd moved to Leicester :

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XS4G-TCN

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In 1881, written as Swynham :

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XQZ1-Y8W

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[hanes teulu]

Portraits on Porcelain Copied and Enlarged from Carte-de-Visite by R. Banks, Photographer, 2 Swan-st (Oldham-st end) and at Opal House, 32 Mytton-st, Hulme, Manchester.

(April 1886 advertisement)

The "R" was for "Robert" Banks.

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As a matter of interest, have you tried searching for any of the photographer's on the census returns ?
Also, was the link posted by 'hanes teulu' of any help ?

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